The Retirement Thread

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Dave7

Legendary Member
Location
Cheshire
NNs.....PaulB
Which jab did you have?
We had the P and apart from a sore arm for approx 24 hours had no effects.
 

rustybolts

pedalling tediously
Location
Ireland
Today I am volunteering at the school where Mrs D works, supervising brats kids as they do their own covid test, all sociall distanced and PPE'd up of course.

The call went out for volunteers and the local branch of NARPO heard about it and sent the plea to their members, so almost all those who put their hand up are ex coppers. No pay, but all the tea and biscuits you can manage. I put my name down for today and next wednesday.
George Harrison would be proud of you:becool:
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
Morning. Trying to lie till 6 but needed the loo so up at 5.40. I’ve never been any good at going back to bed once I’m up.
Like Mo I cannot stay in bed once I waken and now the daylight is coming earlier I waken earlier.
My body has finally rebelled after weeks of reduced, fitful sleep!

I got to sleep at about 05:00 and had my alarm set for 11:15, so that would have given me just over 6 hours.

The alarm seemed to sound after only about 10 minutes, but I double-checked and the time was right - 11:15. I went to swipe 'Dismiss' but must have done 'Snooze' instead - BANG, I went out like a light...

I woke up with a start 20 minutes later, lying in the same position, phone still in hand, alarm sounding again. Time 11:35. I made sure to dismiss the alarm this time before getting up, but - BANG, I went out like a light... AGAIN!!!

I blinked, and realised that I had been asleep again so I checked the time and it was 14:15. Wow, I had just slept for well over 9 hours - it is years since I did that!

Now what is this strange feeling...? I normally feel awful when I wake up but today:
  • No headache
  • No confusion
  • No panic
  • No fuzzy head
  • No deep fatigue
  • No sense of impending doom!
I think that I have just come down with a sudden and very severe case of A Good Night's Sleep! :laugh:

The editing of that programme does not seem to take account of actual geography and often gives entirely the wrong impression. A stranger would not notice but his tour of Mull was a bit weird I remember.
They always do that kind of thing. They choose what they think will look nice on the TV screen.

When Happy Valley was on the TV (filmed here in the Calder Valley) local viewers enjoyed playing 'Spot The Location'. Someone might come out of a shop in Hebden Bridge, walk round the corner and be in Todmorden market (7 kms away).

On episode 1 of series 4 of Unforgotten a couple drove down Winnats Pass in the Peak District and ended up in the large town of Buxton rather than the small village of Castleton!

Just going to do a quick Forest Gump then i'll drive to school. Its only 5 miles, but I'm not daft enough to leave a bike locked in a school with 2300 pupils and expect to find it in the condition in which I left it, or even find it at all.
Instead, you come out and find your car has gone! :laugh:
 
D

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I've been and picked up my new glasses this afternoon, a few weeks ago I changed most of the assortment of light bulbs in the house to LED bulbs, but couldn't find any low wattage dimable bulbs for our bedroom touch lamps, walked into Wilko's in town on my way home this afternoon and they had them on the shelf, so that's another job sorted.
 

PaulSB

Squire
NNs.....PaulB
Which jab did you have?
We had the P and apart from a sore arm for approx 24 hours had no effects.
AstraZeneca. Virtually everyone I know has had some sort of reaction. Nothing severe but worth mentioning in conversation....................all except on of my cycling buddies. He felt a bit crap for 48 hours, felt OK on the third day. Good. Got on the turbo, switched on Zwift for a couple of hours, totally fecked the next day!!!!! :laugh: :laugh: We all laughed when he told us!
 

12boy

Guru
Location
Casper WY USA
Yesterday was 15C and we had close to a foot of snow last night. Still snowing although it may become rain when it gets to 0C this afternoon. Good I took Gracie the rattie for a stroll yesterday. I was going to do some exercises and vacuum today, but shifting this snow will probably be it. May take a while.There will be some more snow over the weekend and Monday it will be well above freezing
While this is a PITA at the moment we rely on wet spring snowstorms for water for the rest of the year. After this moisture I will probably see some grape hyacinth and Siberian Squill popping up.
My neighbor and I are plannjng a trip to a boat launch site on the North Platte about midway between and the closest town, yclept Glenrock. It might be 15 miles from here. We will see if I can get away with parking my sheepherder wagon in the Bosque for a few days camping. I hope so.
Numbnuts, I am hoping your malaise is the side effect of the AZ shot. Unfortunately, the second is said to be worse, at least for Pfizer and Moderna.
Hasta luego compadres.


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BoldonLad

Not part of the Elite
Location
South Tyneside
AstraZeneca. Virtually everyone I know has had some sort of reaction. Nothing severe but worth mentioning in conversation....................all except on of my cycling buddies. He felt a bit crap for 48 hours, felt OK on the third day. Good. Got on the turbo, switched on Zwift for a couple of hours, totally fecked the next day!!!!! :laugh: :laugh: We all laughed when he told us!

Myself and Mrs @BoldonLad had the AstraZeneca jab (first one only, so far), no "after effects".
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
I don't even want to stroll in this rain! It is supposed to stop around 19:00 for an hour or so. I'll nip out then.

Still feel like crap, I have a ding meal tonight chicken korma might cheer me up
GWS!

Either 'ding' is a typo or it is something that I have never heard of... :wacko:

My bubble pal knows from her sleepovers here that I go to bed late and get up late, whereas she goes to bed before midnight and usually gets up 7-8ish. I just told her the exciting news that I had a good sleep for a change. She suggested that not going to bed at 04:00 might help with achieving that more often... :whistle:
 
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